I'm guessing the bar/security/stewarding staff simply haven't been scheduled for a shift. This is getting embarrassing after the fiasco when Meadows threatened to lock us out of the ground a couple of months back.

It's not a high profile fixture anyway, we do well to get 400 for the minor cup matches, and for years we played games with those sort of attendances with just a couple of barstaff plus club officials and supporters doing matchday duties.

This also now means the league match at Leatherhead needs to be rescheduled again.

I was at Champion Hill at 12 ish on Saturday put up some LGBT flags and a couple of individuals turned up obviously lost and said they had been told to turn up for a shift
when I left they seemed to be carrying out security (ish) duties - very ad hoc

Maybe we could put up a Dulwich Hamlet fixtures poster in the bar.. that way somebody* may realise when we have home games and arrange the staffing & amenities accordingly.

I could understand if there was an emergency which meant that somebody* was unavailable, but to not know there was an actual game.... I mean if there was an on-going issue between the powers that be & the club you might think it was done deliberately.

Maybe we could put up a Dulwich Hamlet fixtures poster in the bar.. that way somebody* may realise when we have home games and arrange the staffing & amenities accordingly.

I could understand if there was an emergency which meant that somebody* was unavailable, but to not know there was an actual game.... I mean if there was an on-going issue between the powers that be & the club you might think it was done deliberately.

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There's plenty of them up in and around the bar area (and can be downloaded from the below link should anyone wish to further plaster them around!)

Not everybody necessarily goes in the bar. If only there was some other means of informing people of match information, a fuck off big sign outside the ground perhaps...View attachment 126925

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I found out the game was off on Monday evening, had other things planned, so changed the fixtures board yesterday lunchtime.

To be honest I think people put far to much faith in people actually reading posters &/or signs...they are good for PR and notifying some, & do give the Club (or any club that does similar) as presence in the community, but other than that...

So what happens if there's a big match - say, the play-off final - and there are several thousand people due to arrive at the ground, and this one individual calls in sick, or decides he can't be bothered to turn up, or says he didn't know the game was happening?

So what happens if there's a big match - say, the play-off final - and there are several thousand people due to arrive at the ground, and this one individual calls in sick, or decides he can't be bothered to turn up, or says he didn't know the game was happening?

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Is there clause in that coerced contract that was signed saying Meadoze is liable for any expenses incurred due to game being cancelled when it's their fault?

So what happens if there's a big match - say, the play-off final - and there are several thousand people due to arrive at the ground, and this one individual calls in sick, or decides he can't be bothered to turn up, or says he didn't know the game was happening?

Is there clause in that coerced contract that was signed saying Meadoze is liable for any expenses incurred due to game being cancelled when it's their fault?

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My impression was that the League advised us to sign that contract on the basis that they will do everything they can to help us. League Chairman Nick Robinson is a solicitor by profession and a former DHFC Secretary as was his father, so hopefully we have a knowledgeable and influential ally. Pain in the neck obviously .

Bastards like Meadow often gamble on the "little people" not knowing their rights and just giving in. That's not going to happen with us. We need to be vigilant and not just assume they are legally entitled to do everything they tell us .